θῖβις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • θίβη (thíbē), θίβῐς (thíbĭs), θίβωνος (thíbōnos), θίγωνος (thígōnos)

Etymology

A loan from Semitic. Compare Hebrew תֵּבָה (tēḇā, “ark, vessel”), Arabic تَابُوت (tābūt). Ultimately from Egyptian, for which see the last.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θῖβῐς • (thîbĭs) f (genitive θῑ́βεως); third declension

  1. basket plaited from papyrus

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ θῖβῐς; τῆς θῑ́βεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ θῖβῐς
hē thîbĭs 		τὼ θῑ́βει
tṑ thī́bei 		αἱ θῑ́βεις
hai thī́beis
Genitive τῆς θῑ́βεως
tês thī́beōs 		τοῖν θῑβέοιν
toîn thībéoin 		τῶν θῑ́βεων
tôn thī́beōn
Dative τῇ θῑ́βει
tēî thī́bei 		τοῖν θῑβέοιν
toîn thībéoin 		ταῖς θῑ́βεσῐ / θῑ́βεσῐν
taîs thī́besĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν θῖβῐν
tḕn thîbĭn 		τὼ θῑ́βει
tṑ thī́bei 		τᾱ̀ς θῑ́βεις
tā̀s thī́beis
Vocative θῖβῐ
thîbĭ 		θῑ́βει
thī́bei 		θῑ́βεις
thī́beis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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